bluishly

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adverb

In a bluish way.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adverbbluishly (comparative more bluishly, superlative most bluishly)

comparative more bluishly · superlative most bluishly

  1. In a bluish way.

    “Go light a candle,” cried Baker, sternly, “and be quick about it.” The trembling old man obeyed, and in a moment the imperfect rays flared upon his whitening hairs and bluishly pallid face.

    1865, George Alfred Townsend, The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth, New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, Letter IV, p. 31
    1 more example

    As he moved out into the darkness, for he was beyond the orbit of the candles' influence, the lightning struck again and flared bluishly through the broken window so that at one and the same moment both Swelter and Flay caught sight of one another.

    1946, Mervyn Peake, “Blood at Midnight”, in Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode

Origin

Translations

Esperanto blue
  • bluein a bluish way
German bläulich
  • bläulichin a bluish way
Hungarian kékesen
  • kékesenin a bluish way

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APA

bluishly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bluishly

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bluishly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bluishly.

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